, and now beaten by tottenham in the women's super league, after a controversial own goal, which appeared to come from a handball. tottenham are nowjoint top of the table on points, with brighton, arsenal and manchester united. lee westwood will make a record—equalling 11th appearance for europe in golf�*s ryder cup in america, later this month. he'll be joined by some other old favourites, including ian poulter, who was picked as a wildcard, by team captain padraig harrington, alongside record ryder cup points scorer sergio garcia, and shane lowry. europe are the defending champions for the biannual tournament against the united states, which was delayed for a year, due to covid. more tennis history could be made at the us open tonight, as top seed novak djokovic aims to break the record for the most men's grand slam singles titles. the serbian has 20 so far and he's on court in new york playing the russian world number two — danil medvedev — and medvedev has taken the first set. but there's a long way to go and if djokovic does manage to win — he'll also become the first playe

league. the clubs are the last three founding members remaining in the breakaway league, which later collapsed. european's football governing body threatened to take action in the immediate aftermath. now they say they will also not collect the penalty payments, but the nine other clubs, including the premier league big six, were due to pay a total of £22,000,000. all throughout the day here in bbc news, we have been hearing about the ongoing fuel shortages and panic—buying of petrol across the country, it's now affecting football as well. several midweek games are now being called off in the lower many clubs with longerjourneys to matches have been given the option of postponing the fixtures tomorrow. the six games have now been called off in the sudden they pledge ——the six games have now been called off in the southern leauge, which is to step three and four of nine links above. the chief executive of the bolton wanderers says he thinks the club will be ahead of the curve as it and

to the women's super league now, because champions, chelsea thrashed manchester united 6- chelsea thrashed manchester united 6— one and it was australian star sam kerr scored twice to end man united's unbeaten start to the season. brighton have dropped points, losing to aston villa. all of the day's football on bbc sport website. a french rider has successfully defended his world road race title at the world championships in belgium. he will wear the rainbow stripes for another year after successfully breaking away from the palette on 11 miles to go. and he had time to celebrate just before the finish. briton's tom pidcock was six. britain's event riders had a clean sweep at the european championships in switzerland after leading the dressage and cross—country. the all—female team comfortably won the team gold medal and clear showjumping round meant nicola wilson took the individual title ahead of her fellow britons. britain are now the reigning european, 0lympic are now the reigning european, olympic and world champions. not bad, is it? all the updates on all of the live sport on th

spurs are second in super league season after winning their first three matches they generally lead with that stunning goalfrom williams. not too long to get back into it. equalising with another beauty from the edge of the box. floodgates arsenal opened up the thrash and for the second of the game. elsewhere manchester city, chelsea and brighton will meet. athletes who aren't fully vaccinated against covid 19, will have to spend 21 days in quarantine before competing at next year's winter olympics and paralympics in beijing, the organisers have confirmed. the games begin on february 4th next year and last for 16 days. the international olympic committee has said that any athlete who can provide a justified medical exemption will have their cases considered. tickets will also only be sold to spectators from mainland china. moeen ali says he probably would have pulled out of the ashes tour even if he hadn't retired from test cricket. and he says he understands if some players decide not to tour this winter because of the stresses of competing and bubbling for the past 18 months in a pande

last season's runners up in the women's super league manchester city put on an impressive display in the first wsl match to be shown on free—to—air tv. several new signings shone as they beat everton 4—0 at goodison park. but it was captain steph houghton who put the gloss on the result with a brilliant free kick to round off the scoring in what was one of three games today. the champions chelsea begin their season against arsenal tomorrow. british teenager emma raducanu has matched her breakout run at wimbledon after reaching the fourth round at the us open in what is her first appearance at flushing meadows. the 18—year—old beat spain's sara sorribes tormo in straight sets, the first she won 6—0, the second 6—1. she's yet to drop a set in the six matches she's played in qualifying and the main draw and could now face the top seed ash barty on monday if the world number one wins her third round match later tonight. it was india's day as bad light ended play with england 171 runs behind on day three of the fourth test at the oval. rohit sharma turned the match in his si

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manchester united got the women's super league season under way with a 2—0 win over reading. kirsty hanson put united ahead just before the break, slotting home after being nicely played through, before ona batlle sealed the three points early in the second half with a lovely strike in what was marc skinner's first game in charge, having replaced former manager casey stoney. to cricket. england have a slender lead of 56 runs over india following day two of the fourth test. ollie pope impressing with his innings of 81, as did chris woakes, who made a quickfire 50 that gave england the edge over india. with the series currently level at one apiece, which way this match is going to go is anyone's guess, as patrick gearey reports. in south london, there's an oval—shaped hole that swallows batsmen whole. 13 on day one, soon a 14th disappeared. craig overton was nightwatchman. his shift was due to end, but dawid malan wasn't supposed to follow him through the trapdoor. half england's batsmen out, still 129 runs behind india's skinny total. time for england to answer back. that's

in rugby league, leeds ended the regular super league season with a comfortable 36—12 win against hull kr ahead of the play—offs. the host dominated throughout and this try from richie myler was one of six. the result means leeds will travel to wigan, who beat catalans dragons last night, for the first of the super league play—off eliminators, while hull kr face warrington a day later. finally, it may be only september, but for clubs outside the football league the magic of the fa cup is already happening, and nuneaton borough are hoping a father—and—son partnership will bring them success this weekend. so dad carl baker, who is a former captain of coventry city and who's 38, has beenjoined in the team by his 18—year—old son louis, who scored this spectacular goal in the last round as they beat linchfield city 3—1. carl was one of the first players to congratulate his son, who seems less keen on the bear hugs. get off me, dad. tha nkfully thankfully it went in, because if it didn't i don't think i would be the only one giving him it. we all want our kids to be happy and t

and there's build up to the new women's super league season on the bbc sport website ahead of tonight's opening game between manchester united and reading. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the news that government advisers have decided against recommending covid vaccines for all 12—15—year—olds, because there would only be a "marginal gain." the decision from thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation comes as children begin to return to school after the summer holiday. but the committee is widening the roll—out for children in that age bracket who have underlying health conditions. around 200,000 more young people will be eligible for a jab. earlier paul hunter, professor of medicine at the university of east anglia, explained to me some of the reasoning behind thejcvi's decision. if we are going to vaccinate our children it has got to really be in their interest and not in society's interest interest to vaccinate them, and so it is a difficult decision but i believe thejcvi has some of the best experts in the world to make these sort of decisions and

and reigning champions chelsea were beaten in their first match of the women�*s super league season. they only lost once in their title—winning campaign but two second—half goals from beth mead handed arsenal a 3—2 win in front of 8,000 fans at the emirates. in the day�*s other game, brighton beat west ham 2—0. over on the bbc sport website, the latest from the solheim cup, where the united states are trailing europe by a point. and dan evans isjust about to get underway in the last 16 of the us open tennis against the second seed, daniil medvedev. that�*s all for me. you can see more on all today�*s stories throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. i�*ll be back with the late news at 10pm. you�*re watching bbc news. we will take a look at a view of the other stories around here today. the government has admitted that long queues at immigration desks at heathrow, one of the world�*s biggest airports, are unacceptable. some passengers were delayed for several hours on friday. the airport says the lack of border force immigration staff was to blame. kathryn st

just time to tell you that huddersfield giants beat leigh centurions in this afternoon's super league fixture. that's all the sport for now. more in sportsday at 6:30pm. thank you very much. more than a million people will be invited for their boosterjab in england this week. those eligible will receive texts from tomorrow, with letters sent out later in the week. it'll be offered at least six months after the second dose of vaccine. there are also booster campaigns taking place in the rest of the uk. latest coronavirus official figures have just been released for the uk. 29,612 covid—19 cases were record in the past 2a hours. there were 56 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, according to the official data. the new data means deaths in the last seven days were up 3.3% on the week before, while cases continued to fall, down 17.7% on the week before. russians are voting on the third and final day of parliamentary elections. there have already been widespread allegations of electoral fraud, but officials have dismissed them as a "campaign from abroad". steve rosenberg reports fro

league. we know they are in it for investment purposes, that is fine, no problem. however, there has to be boundaries set by an independent body, and that is hopefully going to happen. gard; is hopefully going to happen. gary neville speaking _ is hopefully going to happen. gary neville speaking on bbc breakfast this morning. signs again that andy murray is far from finished having won his opening match at the moselle open in france. he beat the world number 26, ugo humbert, in three sets — the highest ranked player he's defeated this season. the win sets up a second—round tie with canada's vasek pospisil. european ryder cup captain padraig harrington has been illustrating just how special playing in the tournament is. just 164 players will have represented europe in golf�*s team event — that means more people have been into space or climbed mount everest. the stirring speech has clearly had an impact, with rory mcilroy ready to scale new heights in wisconsin. he played a video for us

north london rivals in this super league, tottenham and arsenal are in action commanded is ours and all who are 4— one up at the half—time as spears did make a dream start, taking the lead after just three minutes. with that stunning strike. indeed, they can only hold on until the quarter of an hour mark, adding quality to the game with that goal from the edge of the penalty area. then the floodgates opened. caitlin ford, and then this from nikita paris, getting arsenal at healthy half—time lead. two goals and the other quarterfinals, and in the way of manchester city who were thrashed at the weekend by ars and all, but i've taken a 2—goal lead just a moment to go now at home to city. says he probably would've pulled out of the ashes to her even if he hadn't retired from test cricket. some england players are still labouring because of the covert restrictions in australia and he is currently playing in the indian primarily. he says he understands that some players decide to not tour this winter because of the stresses of competing and bubbling for the last 18 months during the p

in rugby league, castleford's, hopes of reaching the end of season super league, playoffs are over after losing 40—24 to warrington. a matty ashton hat trick doing much of the damage. castleford will now finish the season in seventh place. warrington remain in third. that's all the sport for now. lovely, thank you very much for that. let's return to our top story and we're expecting an announcement on changes to international travel rules for england. one of the options ministers are said to be considering is scrapping pcr tests before and after arrival in england. currently, travellers to green and amber list countries must take the privately paid—for tests regardless of whether they're fully vaccinated or not. is that a good idea? what are they for? let's ask my next guest. with me now is professor denis kinane — professor of immunology, university of bern and founding scientist, cignpost diagnostics — specialising in rapid delivery of gold standard pcr testing. thank you forjoining us and good morning. first off, what is a gold standard pcr test?— morning. first off, what is

but the super league has been fought with financial problems. and they are owned by -- drum will pres -- drumroll please -- ever grande. and it has spilled over to this team. the top level teams and also the junior league teams. it has affected training, salaries, they are possibly looking at selling a 10% to 15% stake to local authorities. the local government could take a stake. they could be shelling -- they could be selling key players to other teams. it is a problem. the champion in 2020 has had its financial problems. they won the championship, within 100 days, they had to disband. it is not unprecedented. given the huge indebted nature of ever grande, selling the soccer team will probably make a lot of sense. they lose about one billion to 2 billion yuan on investments in football. haidi: the president does love soccer. a national priority. dave engel. let's get you to vonnie quin with the first word headlines. vonnie: it has been revealed china's president rejected a face-to-face meeting with his u.s. counterpart when joe biden floated t

women�*s super league champions chelsea beat everton a—0 at kingsmeadow. the goal of the game came from fran kirby as chelsea bounced back from their opening day defeat to arsenal. tottenham came from behind to beat manchester city 2—1. angela addison scored the winner, although there were claims for a handball in the build up. elsewhere, there were wins for arsenal, manchester united and brighton. max verstappen has been given a three—place grid penalty for the next grand prix, after crashing into championship rival lewis hamilton at the italian grand prix. the pair collided at the first corner of the monza circuit as they battled to top the drivers�* standings. the safety halo prevented any serious injury to hamilton and the drivers walked away. the race was won for mclaren by daniel ricciardo. i made sure i left a car�*s width on the outside and i was ahead going into the corner. and the next thing i know, erm... ..i guess max went over the second curb or something. he obviously knew at that point he wasn�*t going to make the corner and he dro

reigning women's super league champions chelsea lost their opening game of the new season. arsenal won 3—2 in a thriller at the emirates. it was 1—1 at half—time but two second half strikes from beth mead proved to be the difference. there were over 8,000 fans there. what a final day we have to look forward to in the fourth test between england and india. the tourists looked to have taken charge of the match after some big hitting saw them post a target of 368. but england dug in and ended the day on 77 without loss. the series is level at 1—1 ahead of the final test which starts at old trafford on friday. over in ohio, it's all set for an enthralling final day at the solheim cup. the usa dominated yesterday's early foursomes to reduce europe's lead to a single point. but after a topsy—turvy afternoon fourballs europe have a slender lead going into today's singles. we are reflecting on the success of paralympicsgb. andy small and then maisie summers—newton coming in this morning. can't wait to see them. do we have the return of— can't wait to see them. do we h

league. the clubs were among the 12 founding members of the breakaway league which later collapsed. uefa had threatened to take action against those clubs which were the last three founding members remaining. european football because my governing body has also said it will not collect the penalty payments agreed with the nine other clubs, including the so—called premier league big six who were due to pay a total of £26,000,000. the four—time 0lympic gymnastic champion simone biles says she should have quit way before tokyo after withdrawing from five of her six finals injapan. speaking to new york magazine she said, "i should never have made another 0lympic york magazine she said, "i should never have made another olympic team after everything i�*ve gone through over the last seven years." back in 2018 she talked about being abused by the us gymnastic team doctor. she was expected to win more golds at tokyo 2020 but withdrew from five finals to focus on mental health. and the london m

reigning women's super league champions chelsea lost their opening game of the new season. arsenal won 3—2 in a thriller at the emriates. it was 1—1 at halftime but two second half strikes from beth mead proved to be the difference, in front of over 8,000 fans there. what a final day we have to look forward to in the fourth test between england and india. the tourists looked to have taken charge of the match after some big hitting saw them post a target of 368 but england dug in and ended the day on 77 without loss. the series is level at one all ahead of the final test which starts at old trafford on friday. britain's emma raducanu faces home favourite shelby rogers in the last 16 at the us open tonight. the 18—year—old, who is playing in her first overseas grand slam, is yet to drop a set. but disappointment for dan evans. he lost his fourth round match in straight sets to russian second seed daniil medvedev. there is one positive to take, though, as evans is set to reach a career—high ranking inside the world's top 25. red bull's max verstappen has regained the

thieves broke into his home and stole his champions league and super cup winners medals and his runners—up medalfrom euro 2020. england's men are up to third in fifa's world rankings, equalling their highest ever position since rankings were introduced in 1992. they made it to the final of the euros injuly and beat hungary and andorra in world cup qualifying earlier this month before drawing with poland. belgium are still top, with brazil second. wales are 19th, scotland 45th and northern ireland 47th. alberto salazar�*s four—year doping ban has been upheld by the court of arbitration for sport. he had appealed against the suspension after us anti—doping had found him and a doctor at his nike oregon project training camp guilty of a number of violations. salazar coached mo farah to four olympic titles and six world titles, although farah has never been accused or any wrongdoing or failed any drugs test. the bbc�*s mark daley was behind one of the early panorama investigations into the disgraced coach, and i spoke to him earlier. he talked about the relief from those in the organ pr

there was an incredible finish to the big game in super league last night, with top—of—the—table catalans dragons beating st helens 31—30 in newcastle. the french side had been trailing by 18 points with less than 5 minutes remaining, before scored three times in the dying moments to level the scores. james maloney then kicked a long range drop goal to win the game in overtime. the victory secures catalans the league leaders shield for the first time. josh warrington's rematch with mauricio lara ended in a technical draw after the mexican suffered a huge cut above his left eye following a clash of heads in the second round. the ringside doctor waved off the bout as lara's corner were unable to stem the bleeding from his gaping wound. it was a major disappointment for both fighters after a pulsating start in front of a partisan crowd in leeds. lara won theirfight in february to take the ibf world featherweight title. can't show you too much detail because it is a nasty little gash. also, you didn't have the same authenticity of pronunciation with lara. i authenticity of pronunciation wit

. >> yeah, you see the power grab by the richest team in football of the super league, that failed back in may. the richest teams are so dominant at the top of the table. watching it reminds me of what morrison said, anything coming back to life hurts and it hurts to see that. >> all right, roger bennett, thank you very mump. >>> coming up, we are following breaking news from pfizer. as the company says its covid-19 vaccine works for children, ages 5 to 11. we'll have the brand new details the what it means in the fight against the pandemic. we are back in one minute. e panc we are back in one minute. woo! you are busy... working, parenting, problem solving. at new chapter vitamins we've been busy too... innovating, sourcing organic ingredients, testing them and fermenting. fermenting? yeah like kombucha or yogurt. and we formulate everything so your body can really truly absorb the natural goodness. that's what we do, so you can do you. new chapter wellness, well done. >>> breaking news, in the fight against covid-19, pfizer and biontech announced this morning their covid-19 is safe an

juventus, barcelona and real madrid are still saying there is going to be a european super league. we know that the owners of premier league clubs are in it for investment or marketing purposes, thatis investment or marketing purposes, that is fine, no problem. but there have to be boundaries set which are not set by themselves, they have to be set by an independent body and thatis be set by an independent body and that is hopefully going to happen. you worry if they make this decision themselves, there will be wiggle room _ themselves, there will be wiggle room to— themselves, there will be wiggle room to do some thing down the way? they are _ room to do some thing down the way? they are trying to create their own rules to stop them doing what they have already tried to do twice, it doesn't sound right, so let's say, no, take it away from you which is what tracey crouch's review recommended. haste what tracey crouch's review recommended.— what tracey crouch's review recommended. t ., ,, ., recommended. we could talk to you all morning! — recommended. we could talk to you all

women's super league champions chelsea beat everton 4—0 at kingsmeadow. goal of the game came from fran kirby, as chelsea bounced back from their opening day defeat to arsenal. tottenham came from behind to beat manchester city 2—1. angela addison scored the winner, although there was suspicion of handball in the build—up. elsewhere, there were wins for arsenal, manchester united, and brighton max verstappen has been given a three place grid penalty for the next grand prix, after crashing into championship rival lewis hamilton at the italian grand prix. the pair collided at the first corner of the monza circuit as they battled to top the drivers' standings. the safety halo prevented any serious injury to hamilton and the drivers walked away. the race was won for mclaren by danielle ricciardo i made sure i left a car's width on the outside and i was ahead going into the corner. and the next thing i know, erm... ..i guess max went over the second kerb or something. he obviously knew at that point he wasn't going to make the corner and he drove into me.

the season is over for wigan warriors, after they were beaten by leeds in the first of the super league eliminators. only one try in the match, scored by ash handley, but it was enough to put the rhinos through, as they won by eight points to nil. leeds go into next week's semifinal against either catalans or st helens. then it is the grand final on the 8th of october which is two weeks tomorrow. if it is about suits, the europe team have won. we didn't like the american suit. the europe team have won. we didn't like the american suit.— the american suit. the muddy, green re colour the american suit. the muddy, green grey colour didn't _ the american suit. the muddy, green grey colour didn't work _ the american suit. the muddy, green grey colour didn't work for _ the american suit. the muddy, green grey colour didn't work for me. i the american suit. the muddy, green grey colour didn't work for me. the . grey colour didn't work for me. the outfits are important as well. that's important as well, charlie. what's that? what they're wearing? in what's that? what they're wearing? in the _

well, the super—lucrative ipl, indian premier league, will resume later this month. do india want their star players involved in that? of course they do. i'll be honest, i think all this is about money. i completely get players, of what they have gone through in the last year and a half, it's been difficult, biobubbles, the mental health side is very important, we have to lock after that. i believe this week was about money, making sure that those players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques, which again i get. but i don't get it when it's at the expense of a test match. staging the matches is a major undertaking, these performers were booked and played at the test that never was. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. a reminder of our top story: two decades after the terror attacks on the united states on 11 september, 2001, people across the united states — and the world — are preparing to mark the deadliest foreign attack ever on us soil which killed nearly 3,000 people. it prompted president george w bush to declare a global "war on terro

well, the super—lucrative ipl, indian premier league, will resume later this month. do india want their star players involved in that? of course they do. i'll be honest, i think all this is about money. i completely get players, of what they've gone through in the last year and a half, it's been difficult, biobubbles, the mental health side is very important, we have to look after that. i believe this week was about money, making sure that those players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques, which again i get. but i don't get it when it's at the expense of a test match. staging these matches is a major undertaking. these performers were booked and played at the test that never was. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. the day's heavier showers have broken out across north—east england, lincolnshire, and east anglia, and that is where they will be a few further rumbles of thunder in the next few hours. but, by and large, as we go through the night,

in rugby league, castleford's hopes of reaching the end of season super league playoffs are over after losing 40—24 to warrington. a matty ashton hat trick doing much of the damage. castleford will now finish the season in seventh place. warrington remain in third. and finally back to one of those moments in sport, which will comfort any of us who make a mistake. it happens to the best. i suppose this is what used to be known in rugby league, as an �*up and under�* not the best defensive clearance. but what should have been a simple catch, turned out to be anything but for the lazio goalie thomas strakosha. what made the fumble worse, is it was the only goal of the game as galatasaray couldn't believe their luck. it's happened to us all and it's how you deal with it and how your team—mates deal with it. you deal with it and how your team-mates deal with it. that's ainful. i team-mates deal with it. that's painful. i once _ team-mates deal with it. that's painful. i once made _ team-mates deal with it. that's painful. i once made a - team-mates deal with it. that's painful. i on

well, the super—lucrative ipl, indian premier league, will resume later this month. do india want their star players involved in that? of course they do. i'll be honest, i think all this is about money. i completely get players, of what they've gone through in the last year and a half. it's been difficult, bubbles. the mental health side is very important. we have to look after that. i believe this week was about money, you know, making sure that those players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques — which, again, i get, but i don't get it when it's at the expense of a test match. these performers booked to attend did. it can't be forgotten that a test match is, or was, about entertainment. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. dodging the downpours again and sunshine across eastern england adding fuel to the atmosphere and this is where we expect heavy showers this afternoon. they are clearing away for the weekend and with a few notable exceptions are overall for the weekend, it is looking drie

well the super—lucrative ipl, indian premier league, will resume later this month. do india want their star players involved in that? of course they do. i'll be honest, i think all this is about money. i completely get players, of what they have gone through in the last year and a half, it's been difficult, biobubbles, the mental health side is very important, we have to lock after that. i believe this week was about money, making sure that those players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques, which again i get. but i don't get it when it's at the expense of a test match. staging the matches is a major undertaking, these performers were booked and played at the test that never was. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. time for a look at the weather, here's helen willetts. hello there, it has been a showery day today, a lit of sunshine of course in between as it often the case when you have showers. but some western areas have had a lot of mist and low cloud. the reason is low pressure sitting on top of the uk. it moves away this weekend, so we wi

there was real controversy in the football as the women's super league returned. manchester united started with a 2—0 win over reading, and at first united were in control as kirsty hanson put them ahead towards the end of the first half. but reading came fighting back, and were left fuming that they were denied a goal here, with the ball deemed not to have crossed the line. replays suggest it did, but there was no goal—line technology available. and salt was rubbed into reading wounds when 0na batlle sealed the three points early in the second, in marc skinner's first game as manager, having replaced casey stoney. britain's dina asher—smith ran a personal best in the women's 200 metres at the diamond league in brussels. she was second with 75 metres to go behind jamaican shericka jackson, but a late surge from 18—year—old sensation christine mboma blew them both away to take first, with asher—smith coming third. despite this, she said she was just happy to be runnning that fast again elsewhere in brussels, britain 5 keely hodgkinson and jemma reekie f

we've just had the opening weekend in the women's super league. champions chelsea lost against arsenal 3—2 in a thriller at the emriates. it was 1—1 at halftime, but two second half strikes from beth mead proved to be the difference in front of more than 8,000 fans. covid quarantine confusion and chaos reigned in sao paulo last night. brazil and argentina's world cup qualifier was abandoned just minutes after kick—off, when brazilian health officials walked onto the pitch to confront three uk—based argentine players. they say that giovani le selso and cristian romero of tottenham and aston villa's emiliano martinez all posed a serious health risk, another villa player, emiliano buendia, who wasn't in the squad, has also been accused of breaching covid protocols after travelling from the uk, a red list country. the brazilian health authorities say that all four had been told to isolate and leave the country hours before the match, but failed to comply, which is why they took such drastic action, forcing the game to be called off. fifa yet t

well, the super—lucrative ipl, indian premier league, will resume later this month. do india want their star players involved in that? of course they do. i'll be honest, i think all this is about money. i completely get players, of what they've gone through in the last year and a half. it's been difficult, bubbles. the mental health side is very important. we have to look after that. i believe this week was about money, you know, making sure that those players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques — which, again, i get, but i don't get it when it's at the expense of a test match. these performers booked to attend did.

kings of move back to the top of the indian premier league, they meet the royal challengers. bangalore by 6 wickets in charge of. the super kings are level on 14 points of the jelly capital after 9 matches, while bangalore stay on 10 points in 3rd place and that is known as the way boxing champion, anthony joshua has promised he will deliver when he defends multiple titles against all except or was the way and i had a saturday's fight in london. joshua tip the scales at 108 kilograms more than 8 heavier than his ukranian opponents. wisc is the former undisputed world. the cruiserweight champion. i will take the ring for only his 3rd heavy weight. i know you guys that are true, really all the for coming out today and always say, i don't take that for granted. i promise you, i'll pay you back with commitment though. busy i was an hour now and in the gym. i would, we wouldn't that we would live on we would live on. and finally, how is this for a regal doubles pairing? new queen british tennis. am i read a can new pair it out with the duchess of cambridge, kate middleton, for a friendly ma

remember, brady's buccaneers won the super bowl last season. this season the league and fans will face new covid protocols and nbc's craig melvin has a preview from tampa on what we can expect. >> reporter: chryst, good morning to you. hello from tampa bay, or chiampa bay is what they have been calling it since they won that super bowl just a few months ago. tonight the defending champs, the tampa bay buccaneers taking on america's team, the dallas cowboys to kick off the nfl season. this season is going to look a lot different than what we saw last season. of course, last season you saw a slew of covid restrictions because the virus was so rampant. as an example you had about 24,000 here for the super bowl and a bunch of cardboard cutouts. tonight they are expecting a packed house, some 67,000 fans to kick off the nfl season. football is back. another sign perhaps that america is also starting to come back as well. another big difference this year for football fans, you get one more game. a 17-game season this year instead of a 16-game season

the super kings have moved back to the top of the league. they beat the royal challenges by six wickets. the super kings are level on 14 points. heavyweight boxing champion anthony joshua has promised he will deliver when he defends multiple titles. at the way in, he tipped the scales at 108 kilograms. more than eight heavier than his ukrainian opponent. >> i know you guys are the true loyal supporters. i don't take this business for granted. i promise i will pay you back with committing myself hours and hours in the gym. what we want on saturday? we will deliver. we will deliver >> >>. has this for regal doubles pairing? the new queen of british terror -- tennis paired up with the duchess of cambridge kate middleton for a friendly match. the 18-year-old shot to fame after winning the u.s. open to become britain's first grand slam champion in 44 years. it earned her fans from all over the world including the duchess. that is all for now. >> that's it for the newshour, but i will be back for more of the day's news. i will see you shortly. on

in the women's super league, arsenal are the new league leaders after thumping manchester city 5—0. kim little scored twice to keep up the gunners' 100 per cent start to the season — played three, won three so far. defending champions chelsea are fourth in the early season table after thrashing manchester united 6—1. lewis hamilton is top of the championship standings after winning the russian grand prix. but his triumph in sochi, meant heartache for fellow briton lando norris, who was on the verge of a maiden victory when he slid off in torrential rain. hamilton became the first driver to win 100 formula one races. he now leads title rival max verstappen by 2 points after the dutchman fought back from last to finish second. england's women cricketers have won the final game of their one—day series against new zealand. tammy beaumont hit a brilliant century in the final game in canterbury as they thrashed new zealand by 203 runs. england won the series 4—1. anthonyjoshua defeated, and europe going down yesterday. brute anthony joshua defeated, and europe going down yesterday

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do you remember there was a move to break away from the premier league to create a super league? six teams from england were involved, before the whole thing collapsed. uefa has said it will not continue with legal action against barcelona, juventus and real madrid over their involvements in the proposed league. uefa had threatened to take action against those three clubs, the last founding members remaining. the european governing body says it will not collect the penalty payments agreed with the nine other clubs, including the premier league�*s so—called big six, who were due to pay a total of £22 million. days before peter shilton handed in a petition to downing street calling for an end to gambling advertising in football, bolton united have ended their sponsorship deals with gambling companies. i ended their sponsorship deals with gambling companies.— gambling companies. i think a first ste would gambling companies. i think a first step would be _ gambling companies. i think a first step would be to _ gambling companies. i think a first step would be to say _ gambling

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there was a big surprise in the super league eliminator play—off, as hull kingston rovers, ended warrington's season with a 19—0 victory. rovers finished bottom of the table, last year but now are just one game away from the grand final. they play catalans dragons, in the semi finals, on thursday night for a place at old trafford. in union, george ford delivered the perfect response, to being left out of england's latest training squad, as leicester beat gloucester 33—26, in the premiership. ford, who's won 77 caps and played in two world cups, will miss an england camp that starts tomorrow. he kicked three penalties and two conversions as they secured a bonus—point win at kingsholm. rugby union's new united rugby championship got underway last night. it's the replacement for the pro 14 league. ulster held off glasgow warriors to win a 9—try thriller in belfast by 35—29. in the night's other match cardiff rugby overcame adversity — they lost two key players in the opening 21 minutes, but still beat connacht 33—21 at the arms park. the weather forecast in sochi for qualifying for

thieves broke into home and stole his champions league and super cup winners medals, and his runners—up medalfrom euro 2020. in a post on social media, james appealed for help saying... england's women will welcome three of the world's top sides next february for the first staging of a new annual invitational women's tournament. the lionesses will be joined by germany and spain, both also ranked in fifa's top ten, with the fourth competing nation to be announced soon. there'll be three double—header matches played across seven days in a round—robin format. england's cricketers are batting after being put in by new zealand in the first one day international in bristol. it's the first of five matches, and england are going well. a few moments ago they were 161—5 with just 13 overs remaining. heather knight has reached her half century — that's the 22nd 50 in odi's in her career. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. the scottish government is considering seeking help from the ministry of defence to deal with a crisis in the scottish

that is not super common, but over all, the broadway league says the ticket sales are strong. lindsay and candace? >> all right, joe fire. thanks, make sure to tune, he has a whole special on the return of broadway tomorrow, streaming at nbc news. >> we forget how impactful broadway is. the vast majority of tourists come to new york, you thinking they come to rockefeller center, but they come for broadway. broadway employs about 100,000 people. so it has been a rough 18 months. >> all of those restaurants? it is an entire economy, fueled by this industry. we have our tickets. >> yes, we do. all right, it is a new hour, right here at msnbc, starting right now. right now. >> first up on msnbc, fake tips, boycotts, the focus on corporate americans take on the fight against texas new abortion bans, some companies are stepping up. >> we are really spitting on the legacy known as rbg, to be perfectly honest. >> a look at the other republican led states sizing up the texas law, and with all those governors have in common. >> plus, a weekend that honors the american labor movement, mi

. >> less than two weeks left in the regular season for major league baseball. all of these games super important for those teams trying to make it to the postseason. the phillies couldn't afford to lose to baseball's worst team the orioles. two outs. j.t. coming through. hits this one to right just out of the reach of right fielder anthony san tan der. bryce harper sprinting around. hair flowing. phillies win. players flood the field to celebrate. they remain three games behind the braves in the nl east. st. louis cardinals meanwhile remain red hot. they beat the brewers 2-1 for their tenth straight win. when this streak started the card cardinals had a 5% chance of winning. now they have an 89% chance. st. louis a four-game lead for the second wild card spot in the national league. >>> u.s. women's national team back on the pitch, dominating paraguay again. the team scoring five goals in the first 15 minutes. alex morgan scoring a hat trick. carley lloyd adding another goal in the 8-nil victory. women's national team finish their tour by playing south korea tw

the free market will work and the league will suffer. if people don't care and they are still going to enjoy the patriots winning another super bowl, great. >> kayleigh: hey, tampa bay! [laughter] >> dan: we will see you in the super bowl. [laughter] >> sartre, dan, lost my train of thought coming from raider nation. this is contrary to last season where viewers did see social justice messaging on courts and jerseys. they are going to be largely removed this season, save for off the court, off tv. the commissioner saying "i understand people who say i am on your side, but i want to watch a basketball game." that league is making a different decision. >> julie: it's interesting when you compare the two, america's favorite pastime, though i'm not personally an nfl fan and i'm not big into watching sporting events that become political. i get it, and i understand that point, and i believe free speech. there is a time and place for it though, and as a fan i would rather sit back and enjoy a game than dive into politics long trying to enjoy m

but somebody after 3 games of the new premier league season off the bottom of the table and taught them what top. but it's all change now with also leaving above that no front and rivals off a convincing job in the high side where i had 12 minutes in 3 mill smith. right. and they were 2 up inside half an hour when awful captain america, i mean i finish off a great team and they've, they went into the break with a 3 goal lead. thanks to because sacker function minute food, one back. that was as close as they got it finished $31101.00 place ahead of it was one of the nicest feeling that hunt certainly in the stadium or in the were the big occasion for the big game to we need to win the where we needed and to feel that connection, we reported you made it really, especially the game plan didn't work out because i'm very, very honest. so see if the game plan didn't work out the way you wanted to got it because it didn't decide as well. i will not. i will not judge my players here in front of the how i'll refuse to do that in spain. baffling i have asked us when alika in almost a month, they

football league this couple is working hard on our state's recovery. you see, they live in california and keeping their vacation in california supports our small businesses and communities. which means that beautiful baby gherkin atop this charcuterie masterpiece is like another brick in the rebuilding of our economy. job well done friends. calling all californians. keep your vacation here and help our state get back to work. and please travel responsibly. the kyle shanahan system. when you think of jimmy another quarterback. he will be the starter in week one when they go to detroit and face the lions. what does this mean? he made all the right moves. he's done all the right things. a team he helped. >> he's been a great teammate. not only to trey lance but the team . he said it's all about winning. if trey lance can help he is all for it. jimmy knows he won't be with the 49ers that much longer. it will probably be his final year. how we performed off the field with an attitude and on with the play it will set him up for a starting job next year. he h

coming off that terrible ankle injury >> and fantasy football league editions offense uv line not as good as it was and defense terrible last year have to be better on defense, they have a chance good news. nfc east not that strong if they were put it together second half of the season they'll be in the mix for a playoff run. >> talk about the second season in this pandemic, but things are going to look remarkably different than last year last season not much of a home-field advantage because too many stadiums empty. not going to be the case this year how was the league able to pull off successfully what they pulled off in terms of keeping players and staff relatively safe >> remarkable planning, great sacrifice, financially, tracking players every day, testing who knows. we continue to watch covid one thing different, fans in the stands as you said. so many stadiums were empty. as a matter of fact, last year the road team had a better record than home teams, first time in history of the league but won't half this year this place will be full tonight. it will be loud. it will be hard

tom brady and the defending super bowl champion bucs in action hosting the cowboys. 24 seconds fox down one we already know it's going to happen. beautiful back shoulder throw to chris godwin, 24 yards to the cowboys 18 yard line. and that sets up ryan up from 35 yards outs kick right between the posts brady does it again. he and dak prescott combined for almost 800 yards in the air. this was a fun battle to watch. tampa bay wins. 3129 brady as tv announcer al michaels said probably celebrated with a rhubarb pie afterwards that, yeah, he does have some weird taste real health. not all right. well, the forty-niners finally open their season sunday in detroit versus the lions for demeco ryans. it will be his first game as the niners defensive coordinator. ryan says instilled his swarm on tour with the team, meaning special work ethic and relentless mindset. he says he impress that on the defense during the offseason and training camp. the lions will have a familiar face to the forty-niners under center this season and jared goff linebacker fred warner said their defensive approach won't c